Ari’s first drawing at the turn of the millenium 1999-2000."N a Sonje” Foundation, a non-profit activity independent from DOA/BN, has as its first activity a living museum, The Memory Village. This will be in the form of an alternative interactive historical park where people will be able to retrace and most importantly, relive the most crucial points of the history of the slave trade, from the prosperous period of the great African empires and Native American civilizations before the time of colonization, up to the revolt of the slaves of Ayiti (original spelling of Haiti) which gave birth to its independence as the first nation of free men and women, and the first black state of modern times, January 1, 1804.
In honor of the 200th year anniversary of Haiti's independence which marked the beginning of the end to the slave trade for the whole world, Foundation "N a Sonje" will be offering, to the worldwide public, The Memory Village. (even though this was written in 2002 and not able to be realized for the bicentennial celebration of 2004 we still dedicate this work to the memory of the ancestors of Haiti)
